Preparation Timeline

First Year

• Focus on your grades.
• Explore major and minor options. 
• Attend Pre-Law 101 in September.
• Consider joining Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law fraternity.
• Speak with someone in the legal profession.

Sophomore Year

• Focus on your grades.
• Attend Pre-Law 201 in September.
• Continue to develop skills that will make you a better candidate.
• Select and declare your major.
• Get to know your professors.
• Research law schools and the legal field.
• Consider an internship or part-time job.
• Take Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) practice tests.

Junior Year (Fall)

• Explore the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) website.
• Sign up to take the LSAT.
• Update your resume.
• Begin working on your Personal Statement.
• Complete your list of targeted schools.
• Make an appointment with the Pre-Law Advisor.

Junior Year (Spring)

• Identify faculty/supervisors for letters of recommendation.
• Attend the Junior Pre-Law Advising Workshop in February.
• Prepare for the LSAT.
• Finalize your resume.
• Finalize your personal statement.
• Register for the Credential Assembly Service (CAS).
• Apply to law schools.

Summer

• Take the LSAT.